Working Group on Widely Distributed Stocks ...

• Main Author: ICES
• Format: Report
• Language: English
• Published: ICES Scientific Reports 2024
• Subjects: Fisheries and aquaculture; North East Atlantic; Northeast Atlantic
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.17895/ices.pub.21088804.v1; https://ices-library.figshare.com/articles/report/Working_Group_on_Widely_Distributed_Stocks/21088804/1

WGWIDE reports on the status and considerations for management of the Northeast Atlantic mackerel, blue whiting, Western and North Sea horse mackerel, Northeast Atlantic boarfish, Norwegian spring-spawning herring, striped red mullet (Subareas 6, 8 and Divisions 7.a-c, e-k and 9.a), and red gurnard (Subareas 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8) stocks. 2023 catch advice was drafted for mackerel, Western horse mackerel, blue whiting and herring. For the remainder, multi-annual catch advice was previously published. Benchmark assessments are proposed for 2024 for mackerel, both horse mackerel stocks, herring and striped red mullet with boarfish is scheduled to be benchmarked in 2023. Prior to any benchmark assessment for mackerel, WGWIDE recommends that a workshop to review the latest knowledge with regard to the stock component structure takes place. Northeast Atlantic Mackerel. This migratory stock is widely distributed throughout the North-east Atlantic with significant fisheries in several ICES subareas. The assessment ...